Both the ruling and opposition Jatiya Party on Sunday submitted the list of nominees to the Election Commission for their election for the seats reserved for women in the 12th parliament.
Ruling Awami League has submitted its 48 nominees' forms to the EC for their election as members of parliament.
A delegation of the party led by its general secretary Obaidul Quader submitted the forms to Returning Officer and EC's joint secretary
Maniruzzaman Talukder at Agargaon's Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.
Talking to journalists, Obaidul Quader said out of 48 nominees, one person is from the 14-party alliance.
AL organising secretary and Whip Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, office secretary and Prime Minister's special assistant Barrister Biplab Barua and deputy office secretary Sayem Khan were present.
The AL gets 48 seats out of the 50 reserved seats in parliament as independent lawmakers have extended their support to the AL.
In the January 7 general elections, the AL won 223 seats while the independent candidates won 62 seats, Jatiya Party won 11 seats, AL led 14-party alliance ---Jatiya Samjtantrik Dal and Workers Party---got one seat each and Kalyan Party got one seat.
As per the rule, a party got one reserved seat against six members. In that contest, the ruling party gets 48 seats while the JP will get the rest two seats.
The main opposition Jatiya Party has nominated Salma Islam and Nurun Nahar as its candidates for the seats reserved for women in the 12th parliament.
The two women, accompanied by the party's secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu, submitted their nomination papers to the EC.
